Vocabulary List
General and Topic Areas 1 to 5
GCSE French
OCR GCSE in French: J730
OCR GCSE (Short Course) in French Spoken Language: J030
OCR GCSE (Short Course) in French Written Language: J130
This Vocabulary List is designed to accompany the OCR GCSE

Adjective Clauses: Watch Out for
1. Mazatlan, where is an important fishing center, is one of Mexicos major seaports.
2. I have lived with my parents, where my parents are there.
3. Some people are surprised that I have never been to DC since my sister is

1
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
dependent clauses that must be
joined to independent clauses
describe nouns and pronouns
often placed in a sentence right
after the noun they describe
add details to sentences by
functioning as adjectives
2
ADJECTIVE (RELATIVE) CLAUSE

Text A
Writing for Myself
Text A
Writing for Myself
Part I Pre-reading
Part IIWhile-reading
Part III Post-reading
Pre- reading questions
1. If you are required to write a
composition, whom do you write it for?
Yourself or your teacher?
2. Have you ever wr

A lot of times, I think if I made the right decision to come at Stony Brook University and study the
English language before I start my major. As we know, Stony Brook is a difficult school and very expensive
for the international students. If I had the op

Stefanos Sofokleous
Professor E. Safos
Date:6/21/2017
Course: 101.202
Cell Phones Nowadays
Have you ever thought how our lives would be if the cell phones did not exist? Today, cell
phones are a big part in outlives as we saw at the poem Look Up by Gary T

Hi Class,
Ive set this sheet up so that you can all use it to study. Post questions, answer other peoples
questions, share ideas, etc. Ill get the ball rolling for you. Happy studying.
Does anyone know the genre of Oedipus Rex? Thanks.
I think it's a dram

French words used in English
_
Below are just a few of the many examples of French words which are used in English. As said in the
podcast, most of these French alternatives sound more sophisticated to native ears than the common
word. Why dont you try us

High Frequency List. American Corpus
Complied by www.englishwithexperts.com
5000 most common words in American English
Rank
Word
Frequency
1
the
22038615
2
be
12545825
3
and
10741073
4
of
10343885
5
a
10144200
6
in
6996437
7
to
6332195
8
have
4303955
9
to

2,265 MOST FREQUENT WORDS IN SPOKEN ENGLISH
in order of usage, and with parts of speech
the
and
to
9243
5196
4951
a
4506
in
is
you
are
for
2822
2699
2041
1843
1752
that
1743
or
it
1487
1386
as
1363
be
1145
on
1087
your
with
can
have
1067
1062
895
891
this

"- 'I-r-vu-Lhna. _._
TALE or THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR
19 of the Shipwrecked Sailor (ca.
$900 3 5,5,) is one of the oldest
narratives
t is an easy read and could
ear at ﬁrst sight like a folktale. A
$an consoles the returning leader of
:1 expedition abroad,

The
Aeneid
of Virgil
A Verse Translation by
Allen Mandelbaum
r#
B A N T A M
C L A S S I C
BOOK
I
I
sing of arms and of a man: his fate
had made him fugitive; he was the first
to journey from the coasts of Troy as far
as Italy and the Lavinian shores.
Acro

The 100 Most Common Written Words in English
1. the
2. of
3. and
4. a
5. to
6. in
7. is
8. you
9. that
10. it
11. he
12. was
13. for
14. on
15. are
16. as
17. with
18. his
19. they
20. I
21. at
22. be
23. this
24. have
25. from
26. or
27. one
28. had
29.

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Word Frequency List of American English
Mark Davies and Dee Gardner
2010
These are sample entries (every seventh word, from word #35 on) from the word frequency lists
that are based on the Corpus of Contemporary American English. The full list is avail

STRONG
This is a more advanced version of an introduction. Start out using a specific quote
and broaden out to your argument from there.
WEAK
This is not a strong introduction style. At the very least, eliminate the first two steps or
so and begin with an